Which Jobsites do you feel are the most recognised/useful?

Robtyketto

ableandy wrote: »

The biggest question is what type of role are you looking for? What is your specialism? That will dictate the best place to put your CV.

IT, software development/support/testing

arietta

Robtyketto wrote: »

IT, software development/support/testing

Your best bet is to google IT jobs and apply through specialist IT websites.
You could also google jobs in your location (ie. cornwall jobs) as these bring up more localised jobs than other sites and in my experience, i've found these to be more useful.

A word of warning though, be careful with reed as they tend to advertise some dodgy jobs. My best friend and my partner have both fallen pray to scam jobs (One was advertised as broadband technical advisor and another as a trainee call centre manager of which both ended up being a job that was entirely commission based and consisted of knocking people's doors trying to get them to join up to a charity).

khublaikhan

I would advise that you find a website where employers advertise jobs themselves and avoid recruitment agencies if at all possible. Many jobs posted by them are not real, unless you are a highly skilled or possess sought after experience you will struggle if you rely on them. Better that you go in person or make an appointment and deal with them direct. Recruitment agencies will just send an automated response to jobs they advertise or, more likely, do nothing and hoarde everyone's CV's.

Yell, for example, have businesses that will require your skills - research their websites online and approach them directly.

louisecat

DogTailRed2 wrote: »

Has anyone had a positive response to online jobsites and has anyone had an interview or a job from them?

Of about 200 job applications online I have had no positive response.
Of 15 newspaper applications i.e. written I've had 6 interviews.

I've had a few interviews from online applications, I even had someone contact me and say they saw my CV and would like to offer me an interview; I thought nobody really did that!

Unfortunately, the bulk of it does get ignored though, makes me wonder why I spend time writing cover letters etc.

paul2funky

khublaikhan wrote: »

I would advise that you find a website where employers advertise jobs themselves and avoid recruitment agencies if at all possible. Many jobs posted by them are not real, unless you are a highly skilled or possess sought after experience you will struggle if you rely on them. Better that you go in person or make an appointment and deal with them direct. Recruitment agencies will just send an automated response to jobs they advertise or, more likely, do nothing and hoarde everyone's CV's.

Yell, for example, have businesses that will require your skills - research their websites online and approach them directly.

Rather unfair on recruitment agencies this post - I may be slightly biased being a recruitment consultant myself but there are many good agencies and consultants out there (along with admittedly a few cowboys).

The key to getting a recruitment consultant's attention is to TAILOR YOUR APPLICATION TO THE JOB You wouldn't believe the number of people who send poor or irrelevant CVs to my job - I have to send some automated responses otherwise I would spend my entire day replying to unsuccessful candidates. 5 good applicatons will have better results than desperately sending your CV to 356 jobs where you don't have the experience or have taken the time to find out what the job is. A lot of people seem to think companies just give us their jobs to work on and that we are a glorified job centre - nothing could be further from the truth.

We are in a sales job - we have to cold call companies, convince them to give us a shot at filling a job and then negotiate a fee. And if I can't fill a job the business gets nothing and I get no commission either.

The thing is - if as a candidate you stand out from from the crowd, then I will spend a lot more time on you. I will bring you in for a full registration interview and approach companies and "sell you in" - a lot of these companies would't even be advertising, or you won't have see their tiny advert on page 85 of the local paper.

Back to the main point I can recommend the following for posting your CV as these are the ones I use or have used most often.

Jobsite
Monster
Reed.co.uk
Totaljobs

And two specialist ones for the medical sector (which I recruit for): Staffnurse.com and Nurses.co.uk

alunharford

I'm a software developer. I'd never tailor my CV to meet the job spec.

In this sector, if your skills don't match their requirements then don't apply. Plenty of jobs out there.

That said, you need to decide what you actually want to do. Support and software development are two very different things.

Robtyketto

alunharford wrote: »

I'm a software developer. I'd never tailor my CV to meet the job spec.

In this sector, if your skills don't match their requirements then don't apply. Plenty of jobs out there.

That said, you need to decide what you actually want to do. Support and software development are two very different things.

Software support and testing I have done commercially where development using modern languages I have only done academically so most companies wont give me a look in

I just want an IT job with any salary I ain't picky!

khublaikhan

Robtyketto wrote: »

Software support and testing I have done commercially where development using modern languages I have only done academically so most companies wont give me a look in

I just want an IT job with any salary I ain't picky!

I suppose this is where a Recruitment Consultant would advise "TAILOR YOUR APPLICATION TO THE JOB". Personally, for yourself, I would advise a max of two or three CV's each of which emphasise Support, SD and Testing. They shouldn't, however, be wildly different.

I would standby what I said originally - go to organisations direct where possible, apply online using two or three Job websites - CW Jobs and Jobserve specialise in IT.

CW jobs is my personal favourite:

Have a look at this - you can kill two birds with one stone:

http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/CompanySearch/CompanyIndex.aspx

Hope this helps

Robtyketto

khublaikhan wrote: »

I suppose this is where a Recruitment Consultant would advise "TAILOR YOUR APPLICATION TO THE JOB". Personally, for yourself, I would advise a max of two or three CV's each of which emphasise Support, SD and Testing. They shouldn't, however, be wildly different.

I would standby what I said originally - go to organisations direct where possible, apply online using two or three Job websites - CW Jobs and Jobserve specialise in IT.

CW jobs is my personal favourite:

Have a look at this - you can kill two birds with one stone:

http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/CompanySearch/CompanyIndex.aspx

Hope this helps

Thanks for all the replies, I now have plenty to go on with.

I'm also continuing to learn and practice programming (to add to my portfolio) so I don't lose those skills I've just gained.

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Marteebies

London Careers Service is the one where I have had most request for interviews from.

http://www.careers.lon.ac.uk/output/Page19.asp

I think you should give this a try, they have many IT jobs posted on a daily basis.